Verse 1

Holy, holy, holy

Lord God Almighty!

Early in the morning

Our song shall rise to Thee;

Holy, holy, holy!

Merciful and mighty!

God in three persons,

Blessed Trinity!

Verse 2

Holy, holy, holy!

All the saints adore Thee,

Casting down their golden crowns

Around the glassy sea;

Cherubim and seraphim

Falling down before Thee,

Who were and art,

And evermore shalt be.

Verse 3

Holy, holy, holy!

Though the darkness hide Thee,

Though the eye of sinful man

Thy glory may not see;

Only Thou art holy;

There is none beside Thee,

Perfect in power,

In love and purity.

Verse 4

Holy, holy, holy!

Lord God Almighty!

All Thy works shall praise Thy name,

In earth, and sky, and sea;

Holy, holy, holy!

Merciful and mighty!

God in three persons,

Blessed Trinity!

Verse 1

My soul finds rest in God alone

My rock and my salvation

A fortress strong against my foes

And I will not be shaken

Though lips may bless

And hearts may curse

And lies like arrows pierce me

I'll fix my heart on righteousness

I'll look to Him who hears me

Chorus

O praise Him hallelujah

My Delight and my Reward

Everlasting never failing

My Redeemer my God

Verse 2

Find rest my soul in God alone

Amid the world's temptations

When evil seeks to take a hold

I'll cling to my salvation

Though riches come and riches go

Don't set your heart upon them

The fields of hope in which I sow

Are harvested in heaven

Chorus

O praise Him hallelujah

My Delight and my Reward

Everlasting never failing

My Redeemer my God

Verse 3

I'll set my gaze on God alone

And trust in Him completely

With ev'ry day pour out my soul

And He will prove His mercy

Though life is but a fleeting breath

A sigh too brief to measure

My King has crushed

The curse of death

And I am His forever

Chorus

O praise Him hallelujah

My Delight and my Reward

Everlasting never failing

My Redeemer my God

Verse 1

When I survey the wondrous cross

On which the Prince of Glory died,

My richest gain I count but loss,

And pour contempt on all my pride.

Verse 2

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,

Save in the death of Christ, my God,

All the vain things that charm me most,

I sacrifice them to His blood.

Verse 3

See, from His head, His hands, His feet,

Sorrow and love flow mingled down;

Did ever such love and sorrow meet,

Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Verse 4

Were the whole realm of nature mine,

That were a present far too small;

Love so amazing, so divine,

Demands my soul, my life, my all.

Selections From the Book of Proverbs

Recipes for a Healthy Society

1. Forsake Selfish Isolation

Proverbs 18:1

Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.

“unfriendliness and unreasonableness are inseparable”

–NICOT

“Desire is the chariot-wheel of the soul, the spring of energy and delight.”

–Charles Bridges

Instead of Isolating Yourself:

• Pursue hospitality. Have people in your home.
• Invest in people through discipleship, Bible study, and counseling.
• Attend church regularly. If the doors of the church are open, be there.
• Get married and have children. Invest in your children.
• Read dead theologians and pastors.
• Children seek out your parents wisdom.

2. Self-Control

Proverbs 25:28

A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.

“Thomas Costain’s history, THE THREE EDWARDS, described the life of Raynald Ill, a fourteenth-century duke in what is now Belgium. Grossly overweight, Raynald was commonly called by his Latin nickname, Crassus, which means “fat.” After a violent quarrel, Raynald’s younger brother Edward led a successful revolt against him. Edward captured Raynald but did not kill him. Instead, he built a room around Raynald in the Nieuwkerk castle and promised him he could regain his title and property as soon as he was able to leave the room.

This would not have been difficult for most people since the room had several windows and a door of near-normal size, and none was locked or barred. The problem was Raynald’s size. To regain his freedom, he needed to lose weight. But Edward knew his older brother, and each day he sent a variety of delicious foods. Instead of dieting his way out of prison, Raynald grew fatter.

When Duke Edward was accused of cruelty, he had a ready answer: “My brother is not a prisoner. He may leave when he so wills.” Raynald stayed in that room for ten years and wasn’t released until after Edward died in battle. By then his health was so ruined he died within a year…a prisoner of his own appetite.”

Proverbs 6:27

Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned?

Galatians 5:23

gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Proverbs 16:32

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

“Virtue’s true storehouse is wise self-control.”

“Who can govern himself is fit to govern the world.”

–Chinese Maxim

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

“He yields himself to the first assault of his ungoverned passion—offering no resistance—like a city broken down and without walls—the object of pity and contempt. Thus having no discipline over himself—every temptation becomes the occasion of sin, and hurries him on to fearful lengths, that he had not contemplated. The first outbreaking of anger tends to murder. Unwatchfulness over lust plunges into adultery.7 The mightiest natural strength is utter feebleness in the great conflict.”

–Charles Bridges

“Every out-breaking of irritation—every spark of pride—kindling in the heart, before it shows itself in the countenance, or on the tongue—must be attacked and determinately resisted. It is the beginning of a breach in the walls of the city. Without instant attention, it will widen to the ruin of the whole.”

–Charles Bridges

Verse 1

I hear the Saviour say

Thy strength indeed is small

Child of weakness watch and pray

Find in Me thine all in all

Chorus

Jesus paid it all

All to Him I owe

Sin had left a crimson stain

He washed it white as snow

Verse 2

Lord now indeed I find

Thy power and Thine alone

Can change the leper's spots

And melt the heart of stone

Chorus

Jesus paid it all

All to Him I owe

Sin had left a crimson stain

He washed it white as snow

Verse 3

For nothing good have I

Whereby Thy grace to claim

I'll wash my garments white

In the blood of Calvary's Lamb

Chorus

Jesus paid it all

All to Him I owe

Sin had left a crimson stain

He washed it white as snow

Verse 4

And when before the throne

I stand in Him complete

Jesus died my soul to save

My lips shall still repeat

Chorus

Jesus paid it all

All to Him I owe

Sin had left a crimson stain

He washed it white as snow